| Show 1 fRENCH HALT HAL T DRIVE AND BATTER BA WAY WA Y y BACK TO OVER DEAD STREWN FIELD COUNTER IT ATTACKS ATTACKS' FOLlOW GERMAN I 1 SMASH SH AT VERDUN t Pads Paris Reports Reports- That Crown Princes Prince's Arm Army Been Unable to Bend Defenders Defender's Lines Lines- ai and C That All Allies es Are Holding u THREE THREE OF KAISERS KAISER'S REGIMENTS w WIPED ID OUT IN BLOODIEST IN-BLOODIEST ENCOUNTER OF WAE WAk AMSTERDAM F Feb b 27 27 Three Sunday Three Ge German r regi egI regiments ments were wiped ou out in the fighting g on on one one small portion of the G German front at at- Verdun acc according rd ng to advices received nero here today I The rhe streets of Aix La Chappelle are reported filled with wounded ded lying in long rows awaiting transportation to hospitals Three thousand thou thou- and sand w wounded are reported tp have arrived at LONDON Feb 26 Recapture Recapture of Fort four miles northeast of Verdun was announced in an official stat statement ment from the French war office tonight The P Paris ris statement reported not only the repulse of mighty German blows against the Verdun defenses but announced that for forthe for the he first time since the crown prince princ undertook his great driver the French are now holding their own and meeting German attacks with counter attacks gre greatest test vigor A furious furious' struggle is still going on around Fort Paris reported b but t the French all day today resisted all aU attempts attempt by hy iy the Germans t t to dislodge them froth from their fortified positions and md recap recapture Jure the fort The fr French n h. h left eft CUy north of pf Verdun is IS maintaining its position under terrific assaults The Germ Germans hS have haye bee been bei unable to bend the Fren French h front at t- t Champ champ- champNeuville a rip Neuville despite spite d des des- s peE te j at yi village r The Tle lop Cote Du pu pr or or r. r heights el ts Jf four Pr and on one half miles north of of- Verd Verdun n are covered Yi man dead The fhe rench French W war r office rep reported ted the the ete repulse of ey every y sh directed charger rg dire ted ag against the strongly t fortified positions on this ridge i iThe The night from the French war office was vas the first admission from Paris that Fort had fallen before German attacks The German war office in an official statement issued this forenoon reported that had been taken under t the he e ey eye of the kaiser and emphasized its importance as as asa a keystone of f Verdun's northern d defenses Tile The French war office in iii announcing the recapture recap of th the lost ost p position minimized importance referring to the I Continued on page 6 FRENCH HALT N DRIVE AND BA BATTER HER j Continued from page 1 fort as S- S san an advanced element of the old defensive organization of Verd Verdun and and intimating that Hs its retention detention f Vas was not ot q necessary S sA Y to a successful sue suc- c- c I resistance at Verdun V- V J JJ he French French war office ni made de no mention 1 of the attacks tt ki i in t the Ch Champagne R e which Be Berlin lm reported had netted the French ah an advance of The Paris statement ref referred only to the repulse of ofa a Oe German man attack in the Champagne Groat Giat t aerial activity including a raid on th the Sablons railway station at Metz in which nine Fr French nth ae aeroplanes s. s threw down 44 bombs bomb r were also reported i in the PariS Pan V I lARIS R Feb eb 26 French troops have r recaptured captured Fort mont miles northeast of Verdun according to an an official statement state state- ment from the war office tonight The statement follows ln the region regio north of Verdun the bombardment cont continues with without t cessation loth east and west of the M Meuse tise Our nur troops are replying t to the enemy's attacks by vigorous counter attacks on all th the the- sections of oti our fronts against which assaults have been directed I All AIl the new offensives undertaken by the Germans jn in In the regip pf Champ Neuville and on the P ivre crest where we are solidly entrenched have been repulsed v A desperate struggle is is going on around Fort which is an advanced element of the old defensive organization of v Verdun The Tile position taken this morning by the en enemy my after s several assaults which caused him very heavy losses has been recaptured again and passed by our troops who are holding their positions against all efforts of the e enemy my Air Aircraft r ft in Battle Northeast of St. St Mihiel our ur heavy guns suns bombarded provision depots of ot the enemy near Vigneulles The Germ Germans Germans Ger Ger- m mans ns threw several large calibre shells In the tho direction of ot and Nancy In Inthe the region of Verdun Adjutant Navarre Navaire in a monoplane brought down by toy the fire in a a. two German German German Ger Ger- man man aeroplanes today This brings the the- number of ot enemy machines brought this pilot up to five The two machines fell within our lines Two of the were killed and two were taken prisoners One of our air squadrons composed of ni nine e bombarding aeroplanes threw bombs on the Metz-Le Metz I railway station today Another squadron squad squad- I ron bombarded enemy establishments at Chamblay northwest of ot Pont-A- Pont Mousson T e t n Repulsed Jn iii Arlois mine fighting occurred today We We exploded two mines one w Vest wc st t of ot the Lille road and the other ca of Neuville St. St under a communication nuni trench occupied by the enemy In Ir Ip p Champagne we repulsed an at- at tack by bythe the enemy delivered against the salient occupied by us south of ot Sti St Su 1 Marie A A The total number of ot prisoners taken by us In this en engagement en- en nt is of whom nine ue are of officers ot- ot and thirty non-commissioned non officers cers W. W We executed a destructive fire tire on on the german works north of Ville Sur and in the region of Mont Tetu Tet J rt o |
